After six months of quietly riding for S&M, Mark Potoczny has officially joined the ranks of the Shield team with the release of his Welcome to S&M video. Mark has been a staple in the Pittsburgh BMX scene for years, and his spot on S&M is both fitting and well deserved. You can read more from S&M after the jump.
Filmed by: Stew Jonson, Tom Arkus and David Leep
Edited by: Stew Johnson
Last year Bobby Valentine restarted his Welcome To Pittsburgh video series with the release of W2P 6.9, with the intention of the video being a precursor to a full-length video. To close out 2021, Bobby sent through the trailer for his upcoming full-length video, Welcome To Pittsburgh 69. The full-length video will include parts from Mark Potoczny, Ryan Wert, Mark Mulville, Tom Arkus / John Beutner, and Little Jon and will be available in both physical and digital formats. The trailer also features riding from the aforementioned names as well as Kevin McNamara, Nick Vergillo, Mason Ritter, Colin Shafer, Joey Juaristi, Tim Lyons, and Nathan & Lukas Halahan.
Words and Photography by Tasha Lindemann
Two epic jams, squeezed into 48 hours the weekend of October 9-10, 2021. The trails were dialed and the S&M team was in town, it was bound to be a good time. Saturday, Catty Woods hosted their annual Halloween jam, complete with a costume contest and high air challenge on McRoast. The competition was steep, and Cory Foust walked away with the high air victory. Lou Delfino received the people’s award for “B.O.T.Y. (Bike of the Year)” Sunday was the start of a new Posh Woods jam, ‘Mosh at Posh’. The riders sessioned the Butcher jump with some of the best turndowns and tables I have ever seen! They were awarded ‘Best Table’- Tom Arkus, ‘Best Turndown’ – Eric Hennessy and ‘Raddest Rider’ – Clint Reynolds. Thankful the weather held for such an epic jam! Thank you to the trail’s locals for putting in so much hard work!
Read More “Photo Gallery: Catty Woods Halloween X Mosh At Posh”Tom Arkus from Vinyl BMX put together a montage of footage he filmed at several trail spots in Pennsylvania and England. The video titled “ID” is paired with a write-up about the production and filming of the video on the Vinyl website, which you can read by clicking here. “ID” includes riding from Nate Halahan, Luke Halahan, Brian Dunlap, Brian Coleman, Tom Arkus, Chase Zink, Steven Mueller, Mark Potoczny, Mike Potoczny, Foerske, Red Belge, Gillian, Bentley, Cam McCreadie, Brandon Christie, Pi, Weexly, Dimitri, Phil, David Leep, and more.
After a lengthy hiatus, Bobby Valentine has kickstarted the ‘Welcome To Pittsburgh’ series back up with the latest installment, Welcome To Pittsburgh 6.9, which dropped online this morning. The video was filmed during the pandemic plagued summer/fall of 2020 and features riding from Mark and Mike Potoczny, Tom Arkus, Cameron Nicols, Chris Doyle, Murphy Moschetta, Lukas, Nate, and Shane Halahan, Kevin McNamara, and many others. You can read more details about the project, after the jump.
Read More “Welcome To Pittsburgh 6.9”
The Wheel Mill has partnered with Vans through their new ‘Foot The Bill’ initiative, which aims to support small business partners with their operational costs during the COVID-19 crisis with custom-designed Vans footwear. The net proceeds from the sale of each pair of these very special Vans Customs will go directly to our small business partners. The shoes were designed by Mason Ritter and can be customized through the Vans website. You can pick-up and design your pair of customs by clicking here.
The Wheel Mill has also teamed up with Ink Division to raise money for the park through the sale of some shirts designed by Murphy Moschetta, Mason Ritter, and Mark & Mike Potoczny. You can check out all the shirts by clicking here.
This one slipped by us, but for the sake of good archiving, we couldn’t let it pass us by entirely. Filmed by Murphy Lee Moschetta at The Wheel Mill during the month of February. The video includes riding from a bunch of the parks locals including Brad Gibbs, Harry Geyer, Linus Pietrusza, Mason Ritter, Ryan Connelly, Murphy Moschetta, Matt Hordubay, Jakai “Spoon” Frazier, Chris Adamson, Freddy Reisker, Johnny Zoppelt, Lil’ Jon, Mike & Mark Potoczny, Chris Doyle, Colin & Zach Shafer, Eric “Zoolander” Miller, Tyler Valentik, Lukas, Nathan & Shane Halahan.
The nomadic Jaunt crew including Corey Zell, Tyler Valentik, Mark Potoczny and Mike Potoczny recently returned from a road trip to Montana. The crew spent their time documenting their adventures riding a variety of cement skateparks, ditches, paddle boarding, and bombing mountain side hills. ‘Jauntana’ includes over six minutes of footage from the trip and is packed with solid park riding and great vibes.
Van Homan sending a Tailwhip during the 2017 Winter Welcome Jam.
Photo by Murphy Moschetta.
The 2017 Winter Welcome Jam was held this past weekend (Saturday, February 25th) at The Wheel Mill in Pittsburgh, PA. The jam, which is an annual event and is spearheaded by Michael Potoczny and Mark Potoczny brings together both live music and BMX riders from all across the state of Pennsylvania and beyond for a day of great tunes, good vibes and riding. Murphy Moschetta was on hand during the event to capture some photos for a gallery which he uploaded to his website last night. You can check out the complete gallery of photos by clicking here. Don’t forget to follow The Wheel Mill, The Welcome Jam and Murphy Moschetta on Instagram for more.
Every year, Pennsylvania is home to a number of jams, video premieres and other events. Closing out our series of year end features is our 2016 Calendar Review. The third and final installment in the series highlights some of the more notable events that took place over the last year. This years list is composed of a dozen events that helped shape 2016 and made the year one to remember. We hope you’ve enjoyed our trip down memory lane and don’t forget to stay tuned, we’ve got plenty in store for 2017.
Read More “2016 Calendar Review”The 2016 Welcome Jam was held last Sunday, October 16th at Pam’s Front Yard and was organized by Michael and Mark Potoczny. Justin Kendle (@jkendle22) was on hand during the event and captured some footage which he edited together over a track by Fern Street (@fernstreetmusic). You can read some words about the event below written by Justin.
“Huge thanks to the Potoczny family and everyone who dug to get Pam’s Front Yard ready for this year’s Welcome Jam. Here’s an edit I put together. I haven’t filmed and edited BMX much since high school so it was awesome to have the opportunity. Especially with so many shredders in one place. Huge thanks to Fern Street for providing the sound track.” – Justin Kendle
The Welcome Jam 2014 will be held this Saturday, September 20th in Aliquippa, PA. The event will be hosted by Michael Potoczny and Mark Potoczny and will require a $10.00 fee and a signed waiver. Make sure you check out the Welcome Jam 2014 Facebook event page for more details.
